Taqi Baharna


Taqi Muhammad Baharna is a Bahraini poet, diplomat and businessman. He was born in the capital of Manama. Educated in literature and economics, he has been Bahrain's ambassador to Egypt and headed Bahrain's mission to the Arab League. He has also published his poetry and literature in a number of Bahraini and Arab periodicals, and he has written several books.

Biography

Born in 1930, Baharna was raised in Manama. He was educated at schools in Bahrain and Baghdad, then took university courses on literature, economics and Arab and Islamic affairs. He was self-employed but also became a member of the boards of a number of banks, insurance companies, chambers of commerce and other financial institutions. Appointed to several state councils, committees and official institutions, he was Bahrain's first ambassador to Egypt and headed its inaugural mission to the Arab League as a permanent delegate in 1974. He sat on the Consultative Council, Bahrain’s upper house of parliament, and chaired its foreign affairs committee from 1993 to 2002.

Awards

Books

Poetry collections:بنات الشعر في خاطري يبكي الحنين من يضيء السراج في الفجر تضيء الكلمات
Non-fiction:من عيون الشعر العربي أوراق ملوّنة
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